CVE-2007-1226

MEDIUM 4.1CVE-2007-1226 · Published 02/03/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-1226 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.1) vulnerability affecting virex (mcafee).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.37%, higher than 30.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
virex mcafee	`≤ 7.7`	No fix yet

Description

McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) before 7.7 patch 1 has weak permissions (0666) for /Library/Application Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt, which allows local users to reconfigure Virex to skip scanning of arbitrary files.

References

osvdb.org/33798
secunia.com/advisories/24337 · Patch
securityreason.com/securityalert/2342
securityfocus.com/archive/1/461485/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/22744 · Exploit
securitytracker.com/id
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0777
knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do · Vendor Advisory

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